Friday, February 10, 2012
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
The Nation in print for Sunday, April 12, 2009
Front Page
Parliament to have final say: Zardari
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Asif Ali Zardari has said the Parliament would decide the issue of implementing Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009 in the Swat Valley. Now any decision on the subject would come from the Parliament, the President said this while talking to the editors of national ...
Indian envoy summoned to FO
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Acting Indian High Commissioner to Foreign Office and lodged strong protest against ...
Riots snowball; 11 more killed
QUETTA - Eleven more people including a police constable were killed and property worth millions of rupees was ransacked as ...
International
UN Chief deplores scrapping of Fiji's Constitution, calls for legitimate government
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has denounced the scrapping of Fiji's Constitution and the clear attempt by ...
Thai protesters force cancellation of Asian summit
PATTAYA, Thailand, (Agencies) - Thai protesters smashed their way into a major Asian summit Saturday, forcing the countrys ...
Pirates seize another vessel
MOGADISHU/ROME (AFP) - A tug captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden Saturday is Italian owned, said an executive for ...
Imam of Haram Sharif says merit was basis of his appointment
NEW YORK - Sheik Adil Kalbani, the first black Imam to lead prayers in the Grand Mosque in Makkah (Haram Sharif), says that his ...
'Indian Muslims should launch their own party'
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Accusing the Indian political parties of using the Muslim community as just a vote-bank, the Shahi Imam of ...
World remains a dangerous place, says US President
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged nations of the world to unite to resolve the most pressing global ...
Former Gitmo inmate seeks right to fair trial
LONDON (Agencies) - Former Guantanamo detainee and spokesman for Cageprisoners, Moazzam Begg, has stressed on the right to fair ...
SWP pledges action against English edu, computers use
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - In India the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who unveiled his partys manifesto for the Lok ...
Earth shifted 15 centimetres in Italy quake
ROME (AFP) - The earth in the region of LAquila, the central Italian town hit by a major earthquake Monday, shifted by up to 15 ...
Fiji President reappoints coup leader as PM
SUVA (AFP) - Fijis President Ratu Josefa Iloilo Saturday reappointed military chief Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama as interim prime ...
Australian coach Tim Nielsen douses Lee return
SYDNEY (Agencies) - Tim Nielsen says Brett Lee won't be rushed back into one-day cricket too quickly during the Pakistan series ...
Campbell share Masters lead while Tiger struggles
AUGUSTA (AFP) - Kenny Perry, trying at 48 to become golf's oldest major champion, fired a bogey-free five-under 67 in swirling ...
Hewitt books semi-final berth in Houston
HOUSTON (AFP) - Australian Lleyton Hewitt reached the semi-finals of the US men's Clay Court Championship on Friday with a 6-3, ...
Business
Pakistan receives record $739.43 million remittances in March
KARACHI - Pakistans overseas workers sent the highest-ever amount of $739.43 million as remittances in March 2009, surpassing the ...
Government trying to increase tax to GDP ratio up to 10 per cent
KARACHI - Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Ahmed Waqar has said that the government is trying to increase the tax to GDP ...
Tarin eyes $25 billion textile exports in next five years
KARACHI (APP) - PMs Advisor of Finance Shaukat Tarin has asked textile manufacturers to take countrys textile exports to $ 25 ...
Market loses momentum due to CFS MK-II
LAHORE - The discontinuation of the CFS MK-II without any replacement product and increase in T-bill rates marginalized the ...
KCCI for advancing clocks half-an-hour only
KARACHI - The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) has suggested that instead of setting clocks forward and ...
Weekly inflation up by 0.70 per cent
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on April 9, for the lowest income group up to Rs.3,000 ...
PQA, Matrix sign MoU for 250MW power plant
KARACHI - Despite having security concerns, an American company Matrix Group Consulting is going to invest $500 million for two ...
15 varsities conduct CSF survey
LAHORE - A ceremony to recognise the active participation of some 90 students from countries 15 highly reputed educational ...
Trends in milk production through community participation
Pakistan is ranked as the fifth largest country in buffalo milk production. Approximately 28 million litres of milk is produced ...
LCCI criticises shifting CARE password facility
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) while criticizing the FBR decision to shift CARE password facility ...
Politics
AfPak strategy incomplete sans India: Musharraf
BEIJING (PPI) - Former President Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf has broadly endorsed Obamas 'AfPak strategy, while terming it to be ...
Taliban to abide by peace deal: Fazalullah
SWAT - Expressing satisfaction over the sincerity of the NWFP government, Maulana Fazalullah, chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) ...
Militants extend Darra ceasefire
DARRA ADAMKHEL (NNI) - Militants in Darra Adamkhel Saturday extended ceasefire deadline in the area for ten days. A jirga of ...
PML-Q MPA Ghazala dies
CHAKWAL - PML-Q Member Punjab Assembly Ghazala Azmat died on Saturday. She was 62 and suffering from liver cancer. The PML-Q ...
No US troops in Pak: Holbrooke
WASHINGTON (Online) - US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has made it clear that US will ...
Good Pakistan, India relations to help fight terror: Zardari
ISLAMABAD - Pakistans High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Saturday. ...
Gilani invites Shahbaz to luncheon today
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif would be holding a crucial ...
Harmful conditions on US aid not acceptable: PM
MULTAN - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani declared on Saturday Swat peace agreement would be presented before the ...
Pakistan seeks access to UK terror suspects
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has directed its High Commission in London to seek consular access to 11 Pakistani nationals arrested in ...
Rehman asks Delhi to share information
ISLAMABAD - Taking strong exception to Indian Prime Ministers statement about possible attacks by Pakistan based Taliban during ...
Kayani calls for halt to drone attacks
RAWALPINDI (Agencies) - Pakistan apprised US of its concerns on the situation being emerged in its bordering areas with ...
Entertainment
Woman eats 51 chillies in 2 mins
A 28-year-old Indian woman smeared chilli pepper seeds on her eyes after gobbling up 51 of the worlds hottest chillies in just ...
Pamela Anderson to wed for fourth time?
PAMELA Anderson has sparked rumours about her fourth wedding after her designer friend said he is working on new wedding dress ...
Youngest girl to be given hi-tech legs
NO wonder five-year-old Ellie Challis is facing life with an extra spring in her step. She has become the youngest person in the ...
Mayer, Demi 'Twittering' each other
JOHN Mayer and Demi Lovato have been swapping compliments on the popular social networking site Twitter. Mayer, 31, had recently ...
Scientists pinpoint the 'edge of space'
WHERE does space begin? Scientists at the University of Calgary have created a new instrument that is able to track the ...
Ryan was 'upset' over Bionic axe
MICHELLE Ryan has admitted that she was upset over NBCs decision to axe Bionic Woman after just one season. The former EastEnders ...
Islamabad
'Butcher-father' arrested while attempting to flee
RAWALPINDI-Police on Saturday succeeded in hunting down the accused Sajjad Hussain Shah who had cut off his 22-year old daughters ...
Tourism promotion vital to support economy
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Tourism industry is a pivotal factor that earns substantial amount for certain Western economies while nations ...
Private security companies fleecing locals
ISLAMABAD (NNI)- Private security companies have now started looting the companies and individuals by charging high for security ...
Easter today
ISLAMABAD- Christian Community of Islamabad, like rest of the country, is celebrating Easter with religious fervour and ...
Relatives launch long march for missing persons' recovery
ISLAMABAD: Families of the missing persons while exhibiting grave concerns over the alleged sluggishness of the PPP-led regime in ...
National
Amir Atlas winning spree continue in National Squash
PESHAWAR (APP) - The winning spree of Pakistan's most high ranking player Amir Atlas continued in the ongoing National Senior ...
Karachi
Violence threat panics citizens
KARACHI - Citizens are panicked due to anonymous threats of violence looming in the City while police and political activists are ...
Find record of plane case, orderes court
KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday ordered the authorities concerned to find the missing record or file of plane ...
Foreign-funded school project in limbo due to KWSB, KESC
KARACHI - A unique and comprehensive educational project of the country, Majlis-e-Ilmi (MI School), could not be opened for the ...
Parkinson patients seek drugs at govt dispensaries
KARACHI (APP) - Senior citizens of the country, suffering from Parkinson disease, have asked for a vailability of the essential ...
'Do we really care?'
In the autumn of 05, I had written a ST article based on an email from an Aftab Khan, in which he had asked, 'Do we really care?' ...
Poor, middle-class people can save Pakistan : Altaf
KARACHI (APP) - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Chief Altaf Hussain has said the country is facing serious challenges and only ...
Pollen monitoring project to be expanded
ISLAMABAD - Under the Pollen Monitoring Project of Pakistan Meteorological Department for identification of areas with high ...
Lahore
VCs unanimous in rejecting proposal
LAHORE - Vice-chancellors of all the public and private universities of the country on Saturday again strongly rejected the ...
Forward bloc 'real' PML
LAHORE - Another four dissident MPAs of PML-Q are most likely to join the Unification Group under the leadership of Dr Tahir Ali ...
1,200 Sikh Yatrees arrive in City
LAHORE - Pakistani officials welcomed more than 1,200 Sikh Yatrees at Wahga Joint Check Post on Saturday who arrived here from ...
Step-father kills son over property issue
LAHORE - An 18-years old boy was allegedly shot dead while his younger brother was injured by their step father over a property ...
ZA Bhutto case record not available, says SC
LAHORE - Supreme Court office has informed the lawyer about non-availability of the record pertaining to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ...
Bar demands probe in to Baloch leaders' killing
LAHORE - Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) while condemning the murder of Baloch Sardars including Ghulam Muhammad ...
Akhtar wants to improve country's image
LAHORE - Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is looking for the Australia series to improve his own and the countries image. ...
We won't put pressure on Akhtar: Intikhab
LAHORE - Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam is against putting pressure on comeback paceman Shoaib Akhtar in the upcoming one-day ...
Pakistan go down fighting to India
LAHORE - India, after a tough contest with their arch rivals Pakistan, succeeded in qualifying for the final of the Azlan Shah ...
PCB rules out dope tests before Australia series
LAHORE - Rubbishing speculation that Shoaib Akhtar would be made to undergo dope tests during the One-day series against ...
Faizan leaves for Australia for Junior Davis Cup
LAHORE - The Pakistan Junior Davis Cup Tennis team will leave for Australia on April 12 (today to take part in the forthcoming ...
Kottan to help PFF form formidable team
LAHORE - "National Coach Georg Kottan (Austria) and members of Technical Study Group (TSG) will help Pakistan Football Federation ...
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